Sugar-cane stripper.



No. 707,09l. I Patented Aug. l9, I902.

T. A. D'UTTON.

. SUGAR CANE STRIPPER.

gA l n fildSpt 12 1901 No Model.)

12 aZZOI e 45 ends and UNITED STATES- PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS A. DUTTON, or EGYPT, GEORGIA.

SUGAR-CANE STRIPPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 707,091, dated August19, 1902. Application filed September 12, 1901. $erial1loI75,200.- (Nomodel.)

To a. whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS A. DUTTON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Egypt, in the county of Effingham and State of Geor- 5 gia,have invented certain new and useful Improvemen ts in Sugar-CaneStrippers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such aswill enable othersskilled in the artto whichit 1o appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to an implement for stripping the blades fromthestalks of sugarcane and like plants, the device comprising a handle andforwardly-diverged stripping members having outwardly-curved partsintermediate of their ends in transverse aline ment and. sharpened tocutting edges, the members terminating in hooks for removal of thefodder and other matter from the roots of the stalks.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and alsoto acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means foreifecting the result reference is to 2 5 be had to the followingdescription and drawings hereto attached.

While the essential and characteristic features of the invention aresusceptible of modification, still the preferred embodiment of theinvention is-illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1is a perspective view of an implement embodying the invention. Fig. 2 isa side view, the handle being in longitudinal 3 5 section. Fig. 3 is asection about on the line X X of Fig. 2.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views'of the drawings by the same 70 reference characters.

The implement comprises a handle 1 and blades or members 2, secured tosaid handle and forwardly diverged and having outwardly-curved portions3 intermediate of their points 4. The blades'2 may be end portionsterminating in hooked grubbingthem, said blades spreading as the stalkadvances between them towardthe outwardlycurved portions 3,whentheblades automatically spring together and cause the parts 3 toencircle the stalk, which is stripped of all blades and lateral shootsby moving the implement thereon, as will be readily comprehended. Theoutwardly-curved parts 3 are .in transverse alinement, and correspondingedges are sharpened to form cutters,whereby the stripping of the cane orother stalk is effected by movement of the implement thereon after beingproperly fitted to the stalk, the hooked terminals 4 constitutinggrubbing-point and enabling fodder and other matter to be removed fromthe roots of the cane or stalks. If desired, the blades 2 may besharpened throughout their length; but this is not necessary, since thestripping is effected only by the outwardly-curved parts 3. The strip isfolded sharp to bring the parts adjacent to the fold close together toform a shank or tang.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is- 1. Acane-stripping implement-comprising I a metal strip "folded upon itselfto form a shank or tang and having the folded portions outwardlydiverged and terminating in hooked grubbing-points, andxhaving portionsintermediate "of their ends oppositely curved,

and having-corresponding edges of the curved portions sharpened,substantially as described.

2. A cane-stripper consisting of a handle having an opening in one end,and a strip folded upon itself to form a shank or tang fitted intheopening of the handle, and havingthe folded portions outwardlydiverged and'terminating in hooked grubbing-points, and having portionsintermediate of their Witnesses:

EDWARD D. WILSON, EMMET S. OOMSEY.

THor As A. DUTTQN."

tends oppositely curved, and having .corre-. isponding edges of thecurved portions sharpened;.'substantially as specified.

